Are There Alternatives To Total War?

Sir Max Hastings FRSL FRHist was born as the Second World War came to an end. He went on to become a distinguished British journalist, foreign correspondent for the BBC, prolific author, and historian of World War II.

Hans Fallada “Alone In Berlin”

The 2016 film “Alone In Berlin” by director Vincent Pérez, has for the most part received either modest praise or harsh criticism.

“Generation War” – German Self-Examination

At the end of its orignal airing in 2013 Guardian writer Viv Groskop wrote of the TV minis-series “Generation War” that “no television programme has ever caused as much debate in German society.”

Why Do We Remember?

In her study of people who rescued Jews during the Second World War Eva Foegleman wrote that

it is through public memorials that a nation conveys to its citizens the character and values it cherishes.

Dresden Speech of Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has stirred up a mini-storm of controversy by his comments at a service held yesterday in the Lutheran Frauenkirche in Dresden.

Hiroshima – The Truth We Cannot Face

Sixty-seven years ago today a United States Army Airforce B-29 called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb its makers’ quaintly named “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Between 90,000 and 140,000 mostly civilians died as a result of this devastating attack.